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...places; the males are thoroughly masculine; the hard-riding heroine resembles successive window displays at Abercrombie and Fitch's and Bedell's. The plot is concerned with the cruel villainies of a pair of French Canadians attempting to mulct the poor girl of her rightful inheritance in timber lands. The hero arrives in time to prevent the mulcting. There is a fight which spatters blood all over a perfectly good chateau and a good job in bridge dynamiting. The rest of the action is adequately exciting...
...reply to a query from The Wall Street Journal, Henry Ford stated that, despite his recent purchases of coal properties, timber lands and water power sites, his cash balances still exceeded $200,000,000, and that he had no need or intention of borrowing money in Wall Street. Mr. Ford's latest form of expansion has been to install coking ovens in his new coal properties, in order to sell their numerous byproducts, especially illuminating...
Assurances from Mr. Ford that despite recent purchases of coal, timber, water and rails, his cash balance still exceeds...
...sorts. It is expected that the new gift will make it possible to develop this scientific work to a much greater extent than has hitherto been possible, and will thus aid in securing the technical knowledge needed to handle forest crops effectively in the face of an impending national timber shortage...
While he is working at his mining plans, Mr. Ford will also devote his energies to reforestization. There are half a billion feet of timber on his coal lands, but not a foot is to be cut at this time. It is Mr. Ford's idea to use the surface of the ground for scientific research work and experiments in timber conservation, while the miners are digging beneath the soil...